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Wi'fgessc s UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BURDIS ANDERSON, OF BOARDMAN, NORTH CAROLINA.

CLOTH MEASURING AND WINDING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 679,101, dated July 23, 1901.

Application filed August 29, 1900. Serial No- 28,414. (No model.)

To al /L whom it may concern/.- 7

Be itknown that I, BURDIS ANDERSON,acitizen of the United States, residing at Boardman, in the county of Columbus and State of North Carolina, have invented a new and useful Cloth Measuring and Winding Machine, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to cloth winding and measuring machines, the objects of the invention being, first, to provide a compact machine that will take up little room and which may be quickly and easily adjusted and operated; secondly, to provide a machine wherein the parts will automatically adjust themselves to correspond to varying thicknesses of cloth to be wound and measured and in. Y which the first wrap of cloth on the bolt-.

board will be straight and evenly made; thirdly, to provide for quickly adjusting the parts to secure the proper strain upon different cloths and to maintain such strain constant during operation to produce a tight and evenly-wound bolt, an additional object being to so construct and arrange the counting mechanism that the dial thereof will be in plain View of the operator and may be readily returned to zero after each bolt has been wound.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will be evident from the following description.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the complete machine with fabric in place and wound partly from one bolt-board to another. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the machine with the fabric removed therefrom. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of Fig. 2, taken transversely of the machine in a plane pass- Fig. at is aing through the two bolt-boards. detail side elevation, partly in section, and showing the registering mechanism. Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing one of the tension devices used in connection with the shafts of the friction rolls and wheels or drums. Fig. 6 is a vertical section taken through the bearing at one end of the machine, which receives and holds rigidly a clamp-rod. Fig. 7 is a perspective view showing a portion of a clamp-' rod and the clamp thereon, which coacts with a similar clamp to hold the bolt-board from which the fabric is wound. Fig. 8 is a side elevationpf the parts shown in Fig. 7, a portion thereof being in sect-ion to illustrate their manner of connection. Fig. 9 is a view partly in elevation and partly in section and showing the winding-bar with the clamps thereon, said bar being partly broken away to permit of showing on a large scale. Fig. 10 is a perspective view of one of the clamps for holding the winding bolt-board. Fig. 11 is an elevation showing the bifurcated ends of the clamp shown in Fig. 10, the windingbar being in section. Fig. 12 is a section taken through the winding-bar and showing the locking mechanism therefor in elevation. Fig. 13 is a section taken through the winding-bar at the outer side of the frame of the machine and looking in an opposite direction to the direction of Fig. 12. Fig. let is a detail view partly in section and showing a portion of one of the holding-clamps and its rod with the brake therefor.

Referring now to the drawings, the present machine includes a supporting-frame comprising corner-uprights 15, 16, 17, and 18, the uprights 15 and 16 at one end of the frame having their upper ends bent inwardly and upwardly and connected with the block 19, depending from the under side of the lower member of a clamping-bearing 20,hereinafter described. The upper ends of the uprights 17 and 18 are likewise bent inwardly and upwardly and are connected with the block 22, depending from the lower side of the lower member 23 of a second clamping-bearing 24, hereinafter described.

The uprights 15 and 16 are connected by means of cross-pieces 25, 26,27, and 27, which are disposed horizontally and parallel, the uprights 17 and 18 being connected by means of cross-pieces 28, 29, 30, and 31, which likewise are horizontal and parallel and which lie in the same horizontal planes with their corre sponding cross-pieces at the opposite end of the frame.

The uprights 16 and 18 are connected by means of three horizontal cross-braces 32, 33, and 34, and the rear uprights 15 and 17 are connected also by three corresponding crossbraces 35, 36, and 37. Additional braces may be used, if desired, and it will be seen that this frame, which supports the mechanism of the device, is extremely strong and rigid.

To hold the bolt of fabric from which the fabric is to be unwound, the clamping-bearings 20 and 24, above referred to, are provided, these hearings being in the form of pillowblocks and each including the laterally-extending ears 38, Figs. 1 and 6, on the lower members and the corresponding ears 39 on the upper members, the ears 38 having threaded perforations therein, with which are engaged clamping thumb-screws 40, which are passed loosely through the perforations in the ears 39. The bearing-opening 41 in each instance is formed partly in the upper member and partly in the lower member, whereby when the thumb-screws are manipulated to draw the upper and lower members together they will firmly clamp and hold the rods 42 and 43 of the board-holding clamps. Each of the rods 42 and 43 has its inner end reduced in diameter to form a shoulder 46, and on this reduced extremity is rotatably mounted a board-holdin g clamp 47, which is held against displacement by means of a screw 48, engaged with the inner end of the rod and having a washer 49 thereon, which rests against the inner face of the web 50 of the clamp.

Each of the clamps 47, as shown in detail in Figs. 7 and 8, is of U shape, the ends of the legs 51 and 52 thereof being notched to receive the ends of the bolt-board, it being understood that the clamp-rods are held by the bearing-clamps in axial alinement, and by means of these clamps the rods may be released and moved to tightly engage the clamps with the board and be then gripped to hold the clamps in such positions, the swivel connection of the clamps with their supportingrods permitting the clamps to turn freelyand the board held thereby to rotate so that the fabric may be unwound therefrom by drawing on its loose end.

The winding mechanism of the machine, which carries the winding bolt-board 53, comprises a cross-sectionally rectangular winding-bar 54, one end of which is provided with a trunnion 55, which is rotatably mounted in a bearing 56 in the form of an annular flange formed upon the inner face of the cross-piece 27 of the frame and substantially midway of its ends. The opposite end of the bar 54 is provided with a cylindrical extension 57, upon the end of which is fixed a rotating crank 58,

and at the end portion of the bar adjacent to the base of the extension 57 there is formed a cylindrical enlargement 60, which forms a bearing-surface for this end of the bar. The enlargement 60 has a diameter greater than the greatest transverse dimension of the bar 54, and the bearing therefor (shown at 61) is formed in the broadened central portion of the cross-brace 31. it will be seen that the bar 54 may be passed, with its trunnion 55, through the bearing 61 and into the bearing 56, the length of the bar and the positions of the bearing-surfaces be- With these proportions ing such that at the same time the bearing or enlargement 60 will enter its bearing 61. To prevent rearward movement of the bar 54 from its bearings, a hook 63 is pivoted on the outer face of the cross-piece 31 for en gagement over the reduced portion or extension 57 and lie against the outer end of the enlargement 60, the hook being held from lateral displacement when in its operative position by means of a keeper 64, behind which the hook is adapted to engage. To prevent excessive inward movement of the winding-bar, an annular flange 65 is formed upon the enlargement 60 and rests against the outer surface of the cross-piece 31.

In practice the winding bolt-board 53 is disposed to lie against the bar 54, so as to clamp the free end of the fabric between them and in proper relation to the board, and in order to hold the board in this relation clamps 66 are provided.

Each of the clamps 66 is of U shape, and the free ends of the legs 67 and 68 thereof are notched, one wall 69 of each notch being at right angles to the face of the web 70 of the clamp, while the opposite wall 71 converges to the wall 69. Through the webs 71 of the clamps are formed openings 72, which aline with sleeves 73, formed upon the outer faces of the webs, the winding-bar 54 being passed slidably through these openings and sleeves, and the openings and sleeves are so disposed with respect to the notches in the ends of the legs 67 and 68 that when the bar 54 is in place one face thereof will lie between the outer ends of the walls 69 and 71 and parallel with the walls 69. Thus if the bolt-board 53 be engaged with the notches of the clamp-legs and the clamps be then moved toward each other the board by sliding along the inclined walls 71 will be forced against the bar 54 and will act to firmly clamp the end of the fabric which may have been previously placed between the board and bar. After the clamps have been moved to the positions mentioned they may be held against displacement by means of set-screws 74, engaged with the sleeves 73, and adapted for impingement with the bar. The crank 58 may be then operated to wind the fabric from the holding-board 75, above referred to, to the winding-board 53.

In order to measure the fabric as itis Wound from one bolt-board to the other, a measuring apparatus is provided and includes a dial traversed by an index for indicating the length of fabric that has passed between its operating rolls or drums. These operatingdrums (shown at 76 and 77) are fixed upon shafts 78 and 79, of which the shaft 79 has fixed bearings 79 in the cross-pieces 26 and 29, while the shaft 78 is adjustable toward and away from the shaft 79 to vary the pressure of the drums against the fabric to be measured that passes therebetween and to compensate for different thicknesses of fabrics. The ends of the shaft 78 are mounted in slots 80, Fig. 5, in the webs 8-1 of U-shaped plates 82, the ends of the legs 83 and 84 of which are bent outwardly to lie flat against the inner surfaces of the cross-braces 26 and 29, respectively, to which they are riveted or otherwise secured in such positions as to aline the slots in the webs, the webs being directed inwardly of the frame, as shown. The ends of the shaft 78 are rotatable in the slots 80 and are also adapted for lateral movement longitudinally thereof, and in order to hold the shaft yieldably against movement away from the shaft 79 U-shaped springs are provided, as shown at 81, one leg of each spring being bent around one end of the shaft within the inclosure of a plate 82, while the end of the opposite leg lies between the shaft and the leg 83 of the U -shaped plate. A thumb-screw 85, engaged with a threaded perforation in the leg 83, has its inner end reduced and rotatably engaged with a perforation in the free leg of the U-shaped spring. By adjusting this screw the tension of the spring is varied, the tendency of the spring being to move the shaft, with its drum 7G, in the direction of drum 77.

The indicating mechanism is operated directly from the shaft 79 and is mounted upon a frame including uprights 86, Figs. 1 and 4, having connecting cross -pieces 87 to hold them in fixed relation, the uprights having their end portions connected to the crosspieces 28 and 29. Secured to the uprights 86 are ears 90, having bearings therein, in which is mounted a shaft 91, having a gear-wheel 92 loose thereon between the ears and with which gear-wheel is engaged a worm 93 upon the end of the shaft 79 for rotating the gearwheel. The gear-wheel 92 carries a pawl 94 in cooperative relation to a ratchet-wheel 94*, which is fixed on the shaft 91, whereby as the gear-wheel is rotated the ratchet-wheel, and therewith the shaft, will be rotated, while the shaft may be reversely rotated independently of the gear-wheel. Secured to the outer face of one of the cars 90 is a dial 95, through which the shaft 91 passes, and on this shaft and disposed to traverse the dial is an index 96. The dial is marked to indicate yards and fractions thereof, and the dial, the intermeshing gearing, and the diameter of the drum 77 have such correlation that the index in traversing the dial will give a true indication of the length of fabric that has passed between the drums 76 and 77. When a fabric of a different thickness is to be measured, the roller 76 automatically adjusts itself to the variation one way or the other.

\Vhen the index is to be moved to zero after the cloth is measured, it is only necessary to move it forwardly, at which time the ratchet-wheel runs freely under the pawl.

A direction-roller 97 is journaled in the cross-pieces 27 and 30 below the drums 76 and 77, and a second direction-roller 98 is journaled in the cross-pieces 25 and 28 above the drums, said rollers being so positioned that acommon tangent may be drawn vertically to the foremost points of the peripheries of the rollers and the rearmost point of the periphery of the drum 77, the fabric from the holding bolt-board prior to being taken over the roller 98 being passed between tension-rollers 99 and 100 below the holdingboard. The roller 99 has bearings identical in every respect to the bearings for the shaft 78, while the roller 100 has fixed bearings, whereby the pressure between the two rollers may be varied. The fabric is taken from the holding-board downwardly and between rollers 99 and 100, then forwardly and over the roller 98, then down between drums 76 and 77 and across the front of roller 97, and then rearwardly to the winding bolt-board 53, the adjustment of the roller 99 wit-h respect to the roller 100 varying the resistance of the fabric to the pull of the winding-board, and thus varying the tension of the fabric and the tightness with which it is wound on the board.

With this construction it will be seen that the several objects of the invention are ac- 'used for the various parts without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In Fig. 2 of the drawings there is shown a means for retarding the rotation of the holding-clamps to vary the tension of the fabric drawn therefrom, and thus to insure winding of the bolt as tight as desired. This mechanism is also shown in detail in Fig. 14 of the drawings and consists of a strap-spring or leaf-spring 101, secured by a screw 102 or other means to each of the rods 42 and 43, the free ends of these springs extending to lie above the hubs 47 of the clamps 47 and having brake-shoes 103 on their faces adjacent to said hubs, so that when said springs are depressed the brake-shoes will f rictionally engage the hubs and will retard the rotation of the clamps. The leaf-springs are adjusted to the desired pressure by means of thumbscrews 104, passed through perforations therein and engaged with the rods 2 and 43, as shown.

What is claimed is 1. In a device of the class described, the combination with a measuring mechanism including drums disposed to receive a fabric between them and in frictional contact therewith to rotate the drums, of holding and Winding clamps disposed at opposite sides of the measuring mechanism, tension-rolls disposed for engagement with the fabric between the holding-clamp and the measuring mechanism, one of said tension-rolls having adjustable tension devices and direction-rolls disposed at opposite sides of the measuringdrums and in position to hold the fabric between the drums in a plane tangent to the drums and the direction-rolls, one of the drums being bodily movable toward and away from the other drurh and having adjustable tension devices for holding it in yieldable contact, and the other drum having connection with a register.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination with a measuring mechanism including drums disposed to receive a fabric between them and in frictional contact therewith to rotate the drums, of holding and winding clamps disposed above and below the drums and adapted to receive bolt-boards, adjustable tension-rolls disposed for engagement with the fabric at opposite sides thereof between the holding-clamps and the measuring-drums, a direction-roll between the tension-rolls and the measuring-drums, a second direction-roll at the opposite side of the drums from the first direction-roll, and means for rotating the winding-clamps, the positions of the measuring-drums and the directionrolls being such as to hold the fabric at a common tangent thereto.

3. In a device of the class described, the combination with a frame including end up rights and cross-pieces, of a measuring mechanism including drums disposed to engage a fabric at opposite sides thereof having shafts mounted upon a common cross-piece and an indicator driven from the drums and mounted upon one of said cross-pieces and an adjacent cross-piece, adjustable tension-rolls disposed for engagement with the fabric at opposite sides thereof and a direction-roll mounted at one end in said adjacent cross piece and a corresponding opposite crosspiece, a second direction-roll mounted upon crosspieces below the drums, the direction-rolls being disposed to receive cloth in a plane tangent to the rolls and drums, holding-clamps mounted above the tension-rolls and adapted tov receive a bolt-board, and winding-clamps mounted below the second direction-roll and adapted'to receive a bolt-board, said winding-clamps having means for rotating them.

4. Acloth-measuring machine comprisinga skeleton frame including uprights and crosspieces, a body rotatably mounted in the frame and held against bodily movement, U- shaped bearing-platesattached at their ends to the frame and projecting inwardly of the frame, said plates having slotted web portions, a second rotatable body provided with a shaft slidably and rotatably mounted in the slots of the webs, and a leaf-spring for each end of the shaft, each of said leafsprings being bent upon itself and having its ends disposed between the end of the shaft and a side of the bearing-plate and engaged with the shaft to hold it yieldably at one end of the slot of the plate.

5. Acloth-measuringmachinecomprisinga frame, a rotatable body fixed against bodily movement, a second rotatable body, bearings for the second body comprising U-shaped plates having their ends attached to the ends of the frame and having slots in their Webs in which the body is slidable and rotatably mounted, U-shaped springs each having one leg engaged with the body and having its other leg perforated and disposed between the body and a side of the U-shaped plate, and a screw engaged with each of the U-shaped plates and its end engaged with the perforation of the adjacent spring, to move said leg in the direction of the opposite leg to move the second body in the direction of the first body and vary the tension of the spring.

6. Acloth-measuringmachinecomprisinga frame, a rotatable body having a shaft, U- shaped plates secured to the frame and projecting inwardly thereof, said plates having slots in their webs in which the shaft is disposed for rotation and bodily movement, leafsprings bent upon themselves and disposed each between a side of a plate and the adjacent portion of the shaft to hold the shaft yieldably in a predetermined position, and means for moving and holding the legs of the springs together to increase the tension thereof.

7. A cloth-measuring machine comprisinga frame, a rotatable body having a shaft, plates secured to the frame and having each a slotted side in the slots of which the shaft is disposed for rotation and bodily movement, springs bent upon themselves and disposed each within the inclosure of a plate between a'side of the plate and the adjacent portion of the shaft and with which latter it is engaged, and a screw engaged with the side of the plate and with the spring to compress the legs and vary the tension of the spring.

8. In a device of the class described, the combination with a supporting-frame,of bearings carried thereby, clamp-rods mounted in the bearings and which bearings are adapted for manipulation to hold the rods fixedly and to release them to permit longitudinal and rotatable adjustment, said rods having their inner ends reduced to form shoulders and having longitudinal threaded recesses, bolt-board clamps having bearings with which the reduced ends of the rods are engaged, screws engaged with the recesses to hold the clamps against displacement, and a-winding mechanism adapted to draw fabric from a board held by the clamps.

9. A bolt-board holder comprising a bar, U-shaped clamps having their webs slidably engaged with the bar and having means for holding them at different points of their sliding movement, the legs of the clamps being provided with tapered notches, the Walls of which lie at opposite sides of the adjacent face of the bar, wherebyaboard engaged with the notches may be forced against the bar IIO when the clamps are moved toward each other.

10. A bolt-board holder comprising a crosssectionally angular bar, U -shaped plates having openings in their webs with which the bar is slidably fitted, and means for holding the plates against movement upon the bar, the ends of the legs of the plates being provided with tapered notches, one wall of each of which lies at an acute angle to the adjacent face of the bar and the other side beyond said adjacent face, whereby a board engaged with the notches will be moved against the bar when the plates are moved toward each other.

11. A device of the class described comprising a frame including oppositely-disposed cross-pieces having bearings therein, one of which is of greater diameter than the other, a cross-sectionally angular bar having a trimnion at one end of lesser width than the bar adapted for engagement with the minor bearing and having an annular enlargement adjacent its opposite end for engagement with the major bearing, said bar being reduced in diameter and formed cylindrical beyond the enlarged portion, a pi voted hook disposed for engagement over said reduced portion to prevent longitudinal movement of the bar in one direction, a keeper for the hook for engagement thereby when in its operative position, clamps slidably fitted upon the bar, and means for rotating the bar.

12'. The combination with holding-bars of bolt board clamps having hubs rotatably mounted upon the bars, plates fixed to the bars and having brake-shoes in operative relation to said hubs, and means for varying the pressure of the shoes on the hubs. 13. The combination with holding-bars, of bolt board clamps having hubs rotatably mounted on the bars, plates fixed to the bars and having brake-shoes in operative relation to said hubs, said plates having openings therethrough, and thumb-screws passed through the openings and engaged with the bars for varying the pressure of the shoes upon the hubs.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

BURDIS ANDERSON.

Witnesses:

W. S. BREWER, H. J. HILTON. 

